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Oral Arguments about Inmate’s Religious Rights Heard in Supreme Court after Lengthy Appeals Fail at State Level

Posted by Amy Fullerton
|Date: November 14, 2021
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Oral Arguments about Inmate’s Religious Rights Heard in Supreme Court after Lengthy Appeals Fail at State Level

By Amy Fullerton WASHINGTON D.C. – Religious freedoms, which are protected by the First Amendment, have ...

By Amy Fullerton WASHINGTON D.C. – Religious freedoms, which are protected by the First Amendment, have recently made headlines when an inmate on death row pleaded—after lengthy battles at the state ...

November 14, 2021
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Supreme Court Again Allows Texas Abortion Ban to Remain – But SCOTUS will Hear Two Oral Arguments Nov. 1

Posted by Catherine
|Date: October 25, 2021
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Supreme Court Again Allows Texas Abortion Ban to Remain – But SCOTUS will Hear Two Oral Arguments Nov. 1

By Catherine Hamilton WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court declined to block the Texas abortion ban Friday, ...

By Catherine Hamilton WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court declined to block the Texas abortion ban Friday, though the court will hear two cases challenging the bill Nov. 1. Since the ban took effect Se ...

October 25, 2021
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Two Arizona Men Could Get Death Sentences Reduced When SCOTUS Hears New Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2021
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Two Arizona Men Could Get Death Sentences Reduced When SCOTUS Hears New Case

By Lauren Smith and Wendy Moya ARIZONA, AZ - Two men previously given a death sentence could now have the ...

By Lauren Smith and Wendy Moya ARIZONA, AZ - Two men previously given a death sentence could now have their respective cases reconsidered because of claims of inadequate legal counsel. In 1989, in the ...

September 28, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Approaching Supreme Court Case Has Potentially Harmful Impacts on Carceral System

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: September 16, 2021
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Approaching Supreme Court Case Has Potentially Harmful Impacts on Carceral System

By Sophia Barberini ARIZONA – The state of Arizona is aiming to prevent federal courts from hearing evide ...

By Sophia Barberini ARIZONA – The state of Arizona is aiming to prevent federal courts from hearing evidence that a trial counsel is ineffective in Shinn v. Ramirez and Jones, a case that observers su ...

September 16, 2021
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League of Women Voters of U.S. Weighs In on Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona Voting Laws

Posted by Anika Khubchandani
|Date: July 05, 2021
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League of Women Voters of U.S. Weighs In on Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona Voting Laws

By Ascari Bryant, Elizabeth Garabedian, Anika Khubchandani, and Joseph Shepard WASHINGTON DC - The League ...

By Ascari Bryant, Elizabeth Garabedian, Anika Khubchandani, and Joseph Shepard WASHINGTON DC - The League of Women’s Voters of the U.S. joined an amicus brief this past week in the U.S. Supreme Court ...

July 05, 2021
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ACLU Files Petition Urging Supreme Court to Review FISC Rulings on First Amendment Grounds

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 21, 2021
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ACLU Files Petition Urging Supreme Court to Review FISC Rulings on First Amendment Grounds

By Ankita Joshi WASHINGTON D.C. - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) established by Congr ...

By Ankita Joshi WASHINGTON D.C. - The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) established by Congress in 1978 for authorizing the rules on the legality of government surveillance has come under ...

April 21, 2021
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NAACP Petition to Supreme Court Revives Debate Over Use of Qualified Immunity for Police

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 27, 2020
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NAACP Petition to Supreme Court Revives Debate Over Use of Qualified Immunity for Police

By Julian Verdon CLEVELAND - The NAACP and civil rights attorney James Hardiman filed a petition to the U ...

By Julian Verdon CLEVELAND - The NAACP and civil rights attorney James Hardiman filed a petition to the United States Supreme Court this last week, claiming that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dec ...

December 27, 2020
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My View: Can We Survive This Moment?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2020
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My View: Can We Survive This Moment?

By David M. Greenwald There was an interesting moment yesterday, as the US Supreme Court issued a 7-2 rul ...

By David M. Greenwald There was an interesting moment yesterday, as the US Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling rejecting the Texas lawsuit that was joined by 17 other attorneys general across the county ...

December 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Justices Sotomayor, Kagan Dissent After SCOTUS Denies Appeal by Inmates at Geriatric Prison to Require COVID-19 Precautions

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: November 19, 2020
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Justices Sotomayor, Kagan Dissent After SCOTUS Denies Appeal by Inmates at Geriatric Prison to Require COVID-19 Precautions

By Linh Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied an appeal by inmates at a Texas ger ...

By Linh Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied an appeal by inmates at a Texas geriatric prison to reinstate a court’s order that the prison use COVID-19 safety protocols. In a ...

November 19, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Episode 83: What the 1968 Battle over Fortas SC Nomination Tells Us about Barrett

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 02, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Episode 83: What the 1968 Battle over Fortas SC Nomination Tells Us about Barrett

This week on Everyday Injustice we speak with Michael Bobelian, author of Battle for the Marble Palace, w ...

This week on Everyday Injustice we speak with Michael Bobelian, author of Battle for the Marble Palace, which chronicles the 1968 court battle over Abe Fortas’s nomination to elevate him from associat ...

November 02, 2020
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Student Opinion: Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Causes Turmoil

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 01, 2020
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Student Opinion: Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Causes Turmoil

By Jose Orozco On Oct. 26, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as the new Supreme Court Justice and her appoi ...

By Jose Orozco On Oct. 26, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as the new Supreme Court Justice and her appointment has created a predicament for liberals. Republicans now have six of the nine seats and m ...

November 01, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Letter: Columnist Encourages Consideration of Barrett

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 20, 2020
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Letter: Columnist Encourages Consideration of Barrett

By Scott Steward Ragsdale I think we need balance in our newspapers and I would ask the Enterprise to con ...

By Scott Steward Ragsdale I think we need balance in our newspapers and I would ask the Enterprise to consider re-thinking the columnist Llewellyn King. My household was insulted by King’s dissinform ...

October 20, 2020
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Student Opinion: Will the New Supreme Court Nominee End Reproductive Rights for Women?

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: October 05, 2020
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Student Opinion: Will the New Supreme Court Nominee End Reproductive Rights for Women?

By Liam Benedict Following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the vacant spot on the Supreme Court has bec ...

By Liam Benedict Following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the vacant spot on the Supreme Court has become a hotly contested issue. Donald Trump is trying to rapidly fill the spot since his career a ...

October 05, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Eighth Federal Execution This Year Scheduled Nov. 19 Despite Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 02, 2020
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Eighth Federal Execution This Year Scheduled Nov. 19 Despite Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct

By Julian Verdon TERRA HAUTE, IN – Decades ago, an all-white jury sentenced Orlando Hall, who is Black, t ...

By Julian Verdon TERRA HAUTE, IN – Decades ago, an all-white jury sentenced Orlando Hall, who is Black, to death for murder, despite his attorneys stating that the jury did not hear critical facts abo ...

October 02, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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My View: The Death of an Icon and the Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 19, 2020
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My View: The Death of an Icon and the Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by David M. Greenwald I was debating last night—do I write on Ginsburg? And if so what do I say? Given ...

by David M. Greenwald I was debating last night—do I write on Ginsburg? And if so what do I say? Given that the political fight of all fights is developing before her body was even cold, there will ...

September 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Supreme Court Sides with California Jail on COVID Matter in Another 5-4 Decision

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2020
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Supreme Court Sides with California Jail on COVID Matter in Another 5-4 Decision

Earlier this week, the US Supreme Court in a 5-4 unsigned opinion sided with Orange County Jail officials ...

Earlier this week, the US Supreme Court in a 5-4 unsigned opinion sided with Orange County Jail officials over incarcerated people impacted by COVID-19 in a suit filed by the ACLU. The four dissents w ...

August 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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The Supreme Court Gives Federal Executions the Go-Ahead

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 30, 2020
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The Supreme Court Gives Federal Executions the Go-Ahead

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider WASHINGTON DC – The Supreme Court rejected a petition contesting the recently e ...

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider WASHINGTON DC – The Supreme Court rejected a petition contesting the recently enacted federal execution protocol, effectively ending a 17-year hiatus of federal executions in ...

June 30, 2020
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Supreme Court Affirms Ohio Judge’s Order to Release Medically Vulnerable Incarcerated People

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 27, 2020
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Supreme Court Affirms Ohio Judge’s Order to Release Medically Vulnerable Incarcerated People

By Linh Nguyen & Metyia Phillips On May 26, 2020, the Supreme Court refused the Trump Administration’ ...

By Linh Nguyen & Metyia Phillips On May 26, 2020, the Supreme Court refused the Trump Administration’s request to block a lower judge’s trial ruling to release over 800 medically vulnerable incarc ...

May 27, 2020
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SCOTUS Finds Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Unconstitutional

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 21, 2020
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SCOTUS Finds Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Unconstitutional

By Nancy Martinez & Murcel Rahimi The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that non-unanimous jury verdic ...

By Nancy Martinez & Murcel Rahimi The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that non-unanimous jury verdicts in Oregon and Louisiana are unconstitutional. Louisiana and Oregon have been the only two st ...

April 21, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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The Supreme Court Declines to Hear Texas Man’s Appeal Claiming Biased Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 09, 2020
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The Supreme Court Declines to Hear Texas Man’s Appeal Claiming Biased Trial

By Juan Garcia Urrutia DALLAS, Texas - On April 6, the Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari to one o ...

By Juan Garcia Urrutia DALLAS, Texas - On April 6, the Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari to one of the Texas Seven who claims an unfair trial after discovering that the judge who sentenced him ...

April 09, 2020
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